Fishing reel



Aug. 12, 1947'.

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ATTORNEY Patente d Aug. 12, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FISHINGREEL Oscar S. Severson, Milwaukee, Wis.

Application December 7, 1945, Serial No. 633,363

7 Claims.

The invention relates to fishing tackle and more particularly to afishing reel.

Some fishermen believe that a fishing lure or bait is made moreattractive to fish if while the lure is in the water, it is given aseries of short jerks as it is reeled in, and this action isaccomplished by the fisherman giving a series of short swings to thepole as the lure is reeled in. However, this method of fishing requiresconsiderable skill in the manipulation of the rod, and the object ofthis invention is to provide a fishing reel which through its actionunder the control of the operator will produce a reeling in of the lineat a nonuniform rate and thus cause a series of spasmodic jerks to beimparted to the lure. More particularly, according to this invention,the spool of the reel is arranged to rotate concentric with the axis ofthe reel for ordinary reeling operations and to rotate eccentric to saidaxis for the jerky reeling in operation, the arrangement preferablybeing such that when a fish strikes the lure, the pull on the line willmove the reel from its eccentric to its concentric position.

The invention further consists in the several features hereinafter setforth and more particularly defined by claims at the conclusion hereof.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional view through a fishing reel embodying theinvention;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fi 1;

Fig. 4 is an elevation view showing certain modifications;

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing certain modifications;

Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional View taken on the line 66 of Fig. 5showing the reel spool in concentric position;

Fig. '7 is a View similar to Fig. 6 showing the reel spool in eccentricposition.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 3, the reel includes the usual frame formed byend plates 8 and 9 secured together by tie bars I I], the lower barshaving the base plate I l brazed or otherwise suitably secured thereto.Where the reel is a multiplying reel, a cover plate I2 is secured to theplate 9.

A shaft I3 is suitably journalled in bores l4, l5 and I6, respectively,in the plates 8, 9 and cover 12 and carries a gear I1 meshing with agear l8 on a shaft I 9 journalled in the plate 9 and the cover [2 andcarrying the hand crank 20.

A spool carrying frame is mounted on the shaft 2 l3 and comprises spacedplates 2i and. 22 fixed to said shaft l3 as by a drive or press fit.

A reel spool 23 has a large central bore 24 through which the shaft I3extends and has a driving connection with said shaft through pins 25mounted in the plates 2| and 22 and pivotally mounted in the outer partsof the flanges 26 of said spool, so that said spool may be positionedeither eccentic or concentric to the axis of the shaft I3.

For positioning the reel spool in its different positions relative tothe shaft I3, I have provided a shiftable headed pin or shaft 21slidably keyed in openings 28 in said shaft and normally urged in onedirection by a spring 29 interposed between said shaft l3 and the headof said pin. The pin 21 is provided with a notch 30 adapted to beengaged by a latch projection 3| formed by a control rod 32 slidablymounted in a bore 33 in the shaft l3, said rod being normally urged intolatching engagement with said pin 21 by a spring 34 interposed betweenthe end of the bore 33 and the inner end of the rod 32, the rodprojecting outwardly beyond the shaft I3 and the fixed frame of thereel. The spring 29 is shown in Figs. 2 and 3 as a coiled spring, but afiat type spring 35 as shown in Fig. 4 may be used in place of the coilspring.

With this construction, when the latch rod 32 is engaged with the notch30 in the pin 21, said pin projects equally from diametrically oppositepoints of the shaft l3 and engages the sides of the bore 24 to hold thereel spool in a position concentric to the spool 23 to Wind in the linein a normal manner. When, however, the operator presses inwardly on theouter end of the rod 32 against the pressure of thespring 34 andreleases said latch rod from engagement with said pin 21, the spring 29or 35 acts to shift the pin 2'! laterally of the shaft l3 and in doingso swing the reel spool to an eccentric position relative to said shaftas shown in Fig. 3, and so positioned, the line, as the shaft I3 isturned, will be wound onto the spool at a non-uniform rate and produce ajerky action on the lure at the outer end of the line. When, however, afish strikes the lure and thereby puts a considerable pull on the lineand overcomes the tension of the spring 29 or 35, the pin 21 is free tobe moved laterally to a position where it will be latched by the rod 32,and the line will then be wound up in the usual manner with the reelspool concentric to the shaft l3.

In the modification shown in Figs. 5 to 7, inelusive, the reel comprisesthe parts 36, 31, 38, 39, 40, 4], 42, 43 and 44 which are respectivelysimi- .lar to the parts 8, 9, I0, ll, I2, I1, [8, I9 and previouslydescribed. The spool frame plates 45 and 46 are similar to the plates 2!and 22 and have a drive fit on a solid shaft 41 which as describedbefore is journalled in the plates 36, 31 and the cover 40 and carriesthe gear 4|.

The reel spool 48 has a large central bore 49 through which the shaft 41extends and has a driving connection with said shaft through pins 55mounted in the plates 45 and 46 and'pivotally I mounted in the outerparts of the flanges of said spool, so that said spool may be positionedeither eccentric or concentric to the axisof the shaft 41.

For positioning the reel spool in its different positions relative tothe shaft 41, I have provided a shiftable spring jaw member 52 mountedin a 1 recess 53 in one end of the spool and secured thereto by screws54 and whose spring jaws '55 1 are engageable with a latch 56 fixedlysecured to the reel plate 45 by a screw 51.

This modified construction operates in the same way as the firstdescribed construction to releasably. hold the reel spool in its,concentric and 3 eccentric positions, it being noted that in theconcentric position the spring jaws 55 engage in notches 5a in the latch56, and that when the operator pushes laterally against the spool, itwill be shifted to the eccentric position shown in Fig. '1 where thejaws 55 engage the outer end of said latch 56, and that the pull on theline occasioned by the strike of a fish will act on the reel spool I toshift it back to its concentric position shown in Fig. 5;

I desire it to be understood that this invention is not to be limited toany particular form or arrangement of parts except in so far as suchlimitations are included in the claims.

What I claim as my invention is:'

, lfIn a fishing reel, the combination with a spool drive shaft, of areel spool, means for mounting said reel spool for drive from said shaftand for positioning said spool concentric and eccentric thereto, andmeans for releasably holding said reel spool in its concentric andcocentric positions relative to said shaft.

2. In a fishing reel, the combination with a spool drive shaft, of areel spool carried by said drive shaft and swingable to concentric andeccentric positions relative thereto, and means unden-the control of theoperator for releasably holding said reel spool in its eccentricposition.

3. In a fishing reel, the combination with a spool drive shaft, Of areel spool carried by said drive shaft and swingable to concentric andeccentric positions relative thereto, and means un-" der the control ofthe operator for releasably holding said reel spool in its eccentricposition and operable by a fish to move said spool to a concentricposition. I

4. In a fishing reel, the combination with a spool drive shaft, of areel spool carried by said shaft and swingable to concentric andeccentric positions relative thereto, and means for release ably holdingsaid reel spool in its concentric position. 7

5. In a fishing reel, the combination with a spool drive shaft, of areel spool, means for 6. In a'fishing reel, the combination with a spooldrive shaft, of a reel spool, means for mounting said reel spool fordrive from said shaft and for positioning said spool concentric and eccentric thereto, of 'a spring catch member carried by said spool, and alatch associated with said shaft and releasably engageable with saidcatch member to hold said spool in its concentric and eccentricpositions. I

'7. In a fishing reel, the combination with a fixed frame, a spool driveshaft journalled in I said frame, spaced members mounted on. said driveshaft, a flanged reel spool having the outer portions of its flangespivotally connected to said spaced members and having a central borethrough which said shaft extends and permitting shifting of said reelspool toconcentric and cocentric positions relative to said shaft, andmeans for releasably holding said reel spool in its concentric andeccentricpositions.

OSCAR S. SEVERSQN.

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UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,434,626 Parks Nov. 7,1922

